A new rst-order di erential microphone array with an in nitely steerable and variable beampattern is described. The microphone consists of 6 small pressure microphones ush-mounted on the surface of a 3/4" diameter rigid nylon sphere. The microphones are located on the surface at points where included octahedron vertices contact the spherical surface. By appropriately combining the three Cartesi...

This paper presents an overview of the results of the development of Ku-Band Low-Profile antennas for Mobile Satellite Communications. The antennas are based on a hybrid mechanical-electronic steerable array architecture. Different prototypes have been developed and demonstrated. We present the results for two receive-only antennas for satellite broadcasting applications and two Transmit-Receiv...

Low-cost antenna systems are important issues of the recent and the future flexible wireless communication systems. The most flexible satellite to ground/airplane communication systems are based on the phased-array antenna technology. However, the cost of phased array antenna is related to the number of active elements, and the present systems are too expensive for many commercial/military appl...

The synthesis of steerable reflect-array antennas, as a synthesis of any antenna, should be realized by solving two problems: external antenna problem and internal antenna problem. The first one includes the investigation of the antenna radiation pattern. The second one concerns a design of the structure providing the required amplitude-and-phase distribution along the antenna aperture. The fir...

A fully integrated planar sensor for 77 GHz automotive applications is presented. The frontend consists of a transceiver multichip module and an electronically steerable microstrip patch array. The antenna feed network is based on a modified Rotman-lens and connected to the array in a multilayer approach offering higher integration. Furthermore, the frontend comprises a phase lock loop to allow...

This thesis looked at the effect of clay and silt soil blocking the heat transfer area of the radiator and its effect on the engine coolant through the conduct of experiments and a mathematical model developed. The results indicated that the percentage area covered resulted in a proportional increase of the inlet and outlet temperatures of the coolant in the radiator. The mathematically mode...

Abstract: The analysis of the effect of the parasitic capacitors of the split capacitor array on the successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter’s charachteristics is presented. The Verilog-A model of the split capacitor array is developed based on the analysis. The model takes the effects of parasitic capacitors into account, and the values of these parasitic capacitors can b...